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κραναός

kranaos

rocky, rugged

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κραναός, ή, όν, poet. word, A. rocky, rugged, in Hom. always of Ithaca (exc. in Il. 3.445 where it is pr. n. of an island), Il. 3.201, Od. 1.247, al.; of Delos, Pi. I. 1.3; freq. of Athens, Id. O. 7.82, etc.: hence as pr. n., Κραναὰ πόλις Athens, Ar. Ach. 75; simply αἱ Κρανααί Id. Av. 123; ἡ Κραναά of the Acropolis, Id. Lys. 481; Κραναοί the people of Attica, Hdt. 8.44, Str. 9.1.18; παῖδες Κραναοῦ (Cranaos being a mythic king of Athens) A. Eu. 1011 (anap.) 2. generally, hard, χέλυς Opp. H. 5.396; of a fishing-rod, ῥάβδος κ. ib.4.364. 3. stinging, κ. ἀκαλῆφαι Ar. Fr. 560. κρᾰνέα, ἡ, v. κράνεια.
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